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JP 8-125275
05-17-1996
SANYO ELECTRIC CO.
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N. Kuroda et al., "Step - Controlled VPE Growth of SiC Single Crystals at LowTemperatures"
Extended Abstracts of the 19th Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, Tokyo, 1987, pp.
227-230
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